Business Development Manager/Director

The Alliance moves health care forward by controlling costs, improving quality, and engaging individuals in their health. As a not-for-profit, employer-owned cooperative, we exist to help our members manage their health care dollars while positively impacting their employees' health.

Help Improve healthcare!

Do you want to help employers and their employees get high quality, affordable health care? Are you sales professional who uses your expertise in relationship building to develop new business? This Business Development position may be the right opportunity for you!

The Business Development Manager/Director will be responsible for bringing new employer members into The Alliance by managing our distribution channels and through direct sales efforts.  Primary responsibilities include:

• Prospect, develop, and close new membership opportunities as defined in the strategic business development plan.
• Work with other teams within The Alliance to coordinate regional sales efforts and ensure a high-caliber member/customer experience.
• Track and report business development outcomes, making adjustments and improvements based on results.
• Ensure timely and effective transition of new members to member services (account management)
• Provide strategic market intelligence to The Alliance from prospective members, their health benefit business partners and other industry sources.
• Help raise awareness of The Alliance Brand with key audiences.

 In addition to a bachelor degree and five years’ experience in a sales position (preferably in an insurance or healthcare setting), the ideal candidate will:

• Possess strong communication skills including listening, verbal and nonverbal communication, presentation skills and writing skills
• Have experience in self-funded employee health benefits
• Excel at building and maintaining relationships
• Have advanced negotiation skills
• Be goal oriented and self-motivated
• Understand financial concepts and the strategic importance of cost savings for potential members
• Be able to obtain a health insurance license

In this role you’ll be backed by a strong marketing, customer service, provider relations and administrative teams. You’ll be part of an organization that is mission-driven, member-centered and respectful and supportive of our team members.   

To learn more about The Alliance visit http://www.the-alliance.org/ 

To see how The Alliance's staff describes the organization view a video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHSXbhPCo_c 

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• Applying takes less than 2 minutes. No passwords or accounts to register or sign-in for.
• You are hired directly by the company – MRA does not make hiring decisions.

MRA is a not-for-profit employers association serving over 3,000 companies throughout the upper Midwest. We partner with these companies working directly with their HR department and leadership to hire their talent. We are a direct line to the company, not an agency recruiter.